Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:50:46 +0900 | From | "Magnus Damm" <> | Subject | Re: [Fastboot] [PATCH 1/1] Allow i386 crash kernels to handle x86_64 dumps |
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On 3/16/07, Horms <horms@verge.net.au> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:52:30AM +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > So it will now be left to the user. If he tries to kexec to a 64bit kernel > > on a machine not supporting 32bit extensions, then kexec will not give > > any advance warning. > > I feel comfortable with that. Well for now anyway. > But I think that Magnus has other ideas.
I don't mind switching back and forth between 32-bit and 64-bit for plain kexec, especially if we can validate that the kernel we load will use an instruction set that is supported. But for kdump, switching between 32-bit and 64-bit kernels is just another new dimension in the already too complex kdump matrix IMO.
I think more focus should be put on fixing up bugs in kexec-tools than adding new features.
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